...Introduction to Personality Brenda L. Brown PSY/405 February 19, 2012 Dr. Chalice C. Jenkins Introduction to Personality This essay is based on the introduction to personality. He or she must include three important parts in this essay such as the definition of personality. He or she must examine the theoretical approaches in studying personality. Final part is analyzing the factors that may influence an individual’s personality development. Many scientists have tried to come up with the meaning of personality, but neither of them had the same meaning. One thing that the scientists could agree on was where the word personality originates from. Personality came from a Latin word that means persona that refers to a theatrical mask worn by Roman actors in Greek dramas. This mask or persona was worn by the Ancient Romans actors to project a false appearance or role. The term personality is used by psychologists for more than just the role a person play. One definition that some psychologists use to define personality is the unique characteristics which give both individuality and consistency in the behavior of a person relatively permanent trait. People take part in pertaining to an individual with different personality in ones daily aspect. “An individual’s personality consists of different parts and needs in which he or she chooses to call on depending on which part he or she needs during a situation. Personality is defined by most people as the...
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...GS1145 week five Essay Reflecting on Ourselves All of us learn in different ways. Some of us prefer to hear information while others would rather see it. Some of us like to be hands-on to develop an ability; others prefer to read a manual to develop a skill. Understanding how we learn best allows us to consider our strengths and areas for improvement so we can be successful. Tasks: 1. After completing the assigned reading from Chapter 3, complete the following assessments: * "Assess: Your Multiple Intelligences" on pages 32–33 * "What Can you Learn About Your Personality?" on pages 41–42 2. Next, write a 200-word essay using Microsoft Word answering the following questions: * What is your dominant intelligence? * Based on the definitions of the eight intelligences listed on pages 33–34, describe your top intelligence in your own words. * Are you surprised by the result? Why? * According to the personality indicator on page 42, what is your score for each of the four categories? Are you surprised by the result? Why? * Now that you know more about your dominant intelligence and personality, how will you change the way you study and complete assignments? Submission Requirements: Save your document in Microsoft Word, and submit it to your instructor as an attachment through the Questa Learning Plan. Make sure your document is double-spaced and you have performed a spell-check on your response. Discussion Forum ...
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...Malcolm Smalls GS1145 Week 5 Essay The dominant intelligence I found that I have is intrapersonal. For my top intelligence intrapersonal I would describe this as someone who enjoys being by themselves sometimes, most times is a person who does not talk much, this person is also very direct in what they want they want in life as far as there goals and desires. After figuring out what my top intelligence was I would have to say that I am not surprised that it was intrapersonal. The reason why I am not surprised is because I see my self as some one who does like to be alone at times. Another reason is that I know what goals I have for myself in life. On the first category for the personality indicator my top score was fourteen and the was for “introverted”. On category two my score for the personality indicator was a fifteen and that was for “sensing”. For the third category on the personality indicator my top score was twelve and that was for “feeling”. On the last category my top score was eleven and this was for “perceiving”. After getting the results from the personality indicator I am not by the outcome of my scores. Based on the definitions for each of the personalities I would say I have a mix of all of them with “sensing” being the top one. Now that I know my dominant intelligence is “intrapersonal” and my top personality is “sensing” the way I study and complete assignments won’t change. The reason why they won’t change is because the way the two of these are described...
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...Helen Austin December 7, 2010 General Education 200 Strategy Communication and Collaboration Essay Over the course of the last week I had the privilege to study how to communicate and collaborate using the learning assessments in class. I’m much more informed and I look forward to using the techniques presented in chapter 2. Understanding my intelligence and personality will enable me to retain information effectively, and it will allow me to understand and communicate with my peers in a manner that is beneficial to our educational and career development. The three learning intelligences I will discuss are, verbal-linguistic, visual spatial, and interpersonal. I will also discuss the communication strategies for the following personalities: Organizer, Adventurer, and Giver. My strategy for communicating with a Verbal-Linguistic person would be to provide written information to them and verbally communicate information to him or her. In a team environment I would look to that person to be the communicator of the team or take on the role of teaching information, or assign him or her as the contact person. I would communicate with a visual spatial person through graphs, charts, and images. In a team environment I would look to this person to be the creative visual brain of the team, more on the lines of advertisement/marketing. Last, I would communicate with an Interpersonal person by interacting in social activities and working on teams. In a team environment I would...
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...Discuss the notion of intelligence with regards to education. To what extent does it foretell success in life? How to judge a person is intelligent? People tend to think a person who is intelligent is more likely possess higher IQ. A smart child often be considered to be one has an excellent achievement at school. Does this mean this child will have a successful future? Only have intelligence is difficult to get succeed, the educational experiences, the personality, the family background and so on are influent one to get succeed. This essay will develop this topic and discuss the question of recognizing an intelligence person by how and how much does this predict success in one’s life. How to define intelligence? People used to think that an intelligent person is more likely logical. A good student is often considered good at doing mathematics and computer. However, according to Gardner’s Theory (Amy C. Brualdi). Intelligence has seven forms, which are : Logical-Mathematical Intelligence, Linguistic Intelligence, Spatial Intelligence, Musical Intelligence, Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence ,The Personal Intelligences. Logical-mathematical Intelligence people thinking in a logical way, and suit for science and mathematics. Linguistic Intelligent people are who have a strong ability to learn language, to use language to express their emotion and to use language flexibly. Spatial Intelligence is a ability to solve problems in a creative and imaging way. Musical Intelligent people...
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...PSY 100 STUDY GUIDE EXAM #3 CHAPTER 8 Memory Retrieval Serial Position Effect: Recall is superior for the items at the beginning and end of a list Primacy Effect: superior recall for items at the beginning of a list Recency Effect: superior recall for items at the end of a list Retrieval Cues Recall: individual must retrieve previously learned information (essay test) Recognition: individual only has to identify (“recognize”) learned items (multiple choice test) Encoding Specificity Principle: associations formed at the time of encoding or learning tend to be effective retrieval cues (ex. Mnemonics, semantic encoding) Priming: activating particular connections or association in memory Flashbulb Memories: memories of emotionally significant events that people often recall with more accuracy and vivid imagery than everyday events Factors involved in forgetting Challenges of Forgetting 1. Absent-mindedness: inattention to details produces encoding failure 2. Transience: storage decay over time 3. Blocking: inaccessibility of stored info Challenges of Distortion 4. Misattribution: confusion about source of info 5. Suggestibility: lingering effects of misinfo 6. Bias: belief-colored recollections Challenge of Intrusion 7. Persistence: unwanted memories Proactive Interference: info learned earlier interferes with recall or newer material; material that was learned earlier disrupts the recall of material learned later Retroactive Interference:...
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...Personal Responsibility Essay Michael Burkey Institutional Affiliation Thesis Statement Personal Responsibility is taking charge of one’s own learning by doing all the assignments and observing good management of time in order to complete all the day’s work. Taking personal responsibility by a student can lead to a good healthy lifestyle, and great amount of college success. What Personal Responsibility means to me It refers to an individual’s ability to take care of themselves by keeping healthy through managing their emotions, maintaining a sound mind and treating the self with respect. This means that this individual takes responsibility for their actions and accepts the consequences that arise from those actions. Personal responsibility is characteristic of people who are aware that their actions have impact on those around them. A relationship between the results of my intelligence and personality temperament to personal responsibility My intelligence type falls into two categories; interpersonal and logical intelligence types. I am generally people smart. This intelligence type enables me to interact effectively with other people. I have effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills. This intelligence also allows me to notice variabilities between and among people thus helping me in observing when people are moody. It enables me to understand people of different diversities and to appreciate them for who they are. Thus I stay objective...
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...It is the objective of this essay to critically evaluate one significant experience within my KOLB class. Secondly, this essay will critically evaluate the first meeting of my team and my thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Thirdly, this essay with draw upon Tuckman’s team formulation theory to assist in the evaluation of a team meeting held on 16th August, 2009. Fourthly, this essay will also refer to the Myers-Briggs personality profile questionnaire to assist in analysing how different personalities impact on the effective formulation of team roles and responsibilities. The analysis of this critical incident will be referenced to the Kolb model that consists of concrete experience, reflective observations, abstract conceptualisation and active experimentation. On 30th September 2009, I had a significant experience where I took part in a communications exercise facilitated by my quite engaging KOLB tutor. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the differences between one-way and two-way communication. Students were split into pairs where one student would sit behind the other. The student in front was given a blank A4 piece of paper and a pen. The student sitting behind them was given an A4 piece of paper with a series of shapes printed on it. The object was for the student sitting behind to tell the student sitting in front how to replicate the shapes onto their blank A4 piece of paper. The only rule was that the student listening to the instructions was not aloud...
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...Effective Leadership and Management in NursingIn: Other Topics Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing Shirley J. Mitchell University of Phoenix HSC 492 Instructor: Linda Westermann March 12, 2012 Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing According to Sullivan and Decker (2009), leadership is influencing others into working toward accomplishing a common goal. Some people are born with an innate leadership quality within them. Others require learning leadership and management skills. It takes a certain personality trait that makes them a natural leader. Intelligence, personality, and abilities are three categories of the trait theory that is a part of the profile of successful leaders (Sullivan & Decker, 2009). I will discuss my personal views of leadership. It will describe how leadership differs from management. Finally, the characteristics of an effective leader will disclose. What are your personal views of leadership? Everyone is a leader at one time or another. A good leader is one that knows just when to pull back from the leadership role and let the team proceed on his or her own. These leaders have a natural ability to guide their team effectively with his or her charismatic approach that the team believes they are well supported. They know when to lead, when not to lead, when to let the team lead, and they know just when to dance. How does leadership differ from management...
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...Introduction to Personality When describing personality, one must take many factors into consideration. The definition itself is complex as there are many different opinions depending on the many theories of personality development. The New Big Five article by McAdams and Pals describe the unique facets of personality psychology. The factors that influence individual’s persona are many and are briefly mentioned in this essay. Personality Defined It is difficult to define personality. Each personality theorist has their own opinion depending on their own personal experiences (Feist & Feist, 2009). Although there is not a single specific definition for personality, each personality theorist has a distinct idea of the meaning of the word personality (Feist & Feist, 2009). A definition that may describe personality pertains to the unique traits and characteristics that relate to behavior that individuals possess that make them special and different from others (Feist & Feist, 2009). The authors further distinguish traits and characteristics. Traits could be distinctive, or they could be shared by a certain species (Feist & Feist, 2009). It is the pattern of the traits that distinguishes personality (Feist & Feist, 2009). Characteristics are also unique and have to do with “attributes as temperament, physique, and intelligence” (Feist & Feist, 2009, p. 4). Theoretical Approaches to Personality Although there are several theoretical...
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...Introduction to Psychological Testing Megan Szopinski PSY/475 April 13, 2015 Dennis Plunkett Abstract Within this essay there will be information providing the following; the psychological testing definition of the word ‘test', the major categories of psychological test, the uses and users of each, and the difference and similarities of reliability and validity. The information provided will give you a good idea of what test should be used for and who would administer that particular test. There will also be an example of how a test can be reliable but not valid. For an experiment to have an accurate test, the test needs to have reliability and validity. Introduction to Psychological Testing Psychological testing is crucial when it comes to measuring how and why humans behave in certain ways. Choosing the correct test for the right experiment is also important. There are some major assumptions and fundamental questions that relate to psychological testing. The main ones are (a) defining the term test, (b) describing the major categories of test and who uses them or users of them, and (c) reliability and validity and how affect psychological testing. Throughout this paper, we will discuss the assumptions and questions related to psychological testing. Defining the Term ‘Test’ Most of us have taken a test of some sort throughout our lives. Sometimes we may think to ourselves "why do we need to take another test" or "I am horrible at test, but I do know the information"...
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...|[pic] |Course Syllabus | | |College of Social Sciences | | |BEH/225 Version 4 | | |Introduction to Behavioral Science | Copyright © 2011, 2009, 2007, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course focuses on human personality, motivation, learning, and cognition. The theories and insights of major figures in psychology are discussed. Neuroscience, psychological disorders, and therapies are also considered in relation to human behavior. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class...
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...Exam #1 Study Guide and Tips MGMT 301 Section DL1 & 001 The exam will have 25 multiple choice questions (3 pts each) and 2 short answer/essay questions (15pt & 10 pts). When you are responding to short answer/essay exam questions, keep the following in mind: • Use correct grammar, spelling and punctuation • Provide ample justification for all answers • Integrate knowledge gained from course material • Provide evidence for all assertions or claims • Apply course concepts Grading Short Answer/Essay Questions: Grades for written work will be awarded based on the level of understanding you demonstrate as follows: • A/A+ level: The correct explanation and application of concepts. Demonstrates an understanding of multiple factors that affect organizational behavior and integrates different levels of analysis in responses. Answer flows logically and is easily understood and concise • B/B+ Level: The correct explanation of the concepts along with a demonstrated ability to diagnose an applied situation using relevant course concepts. Answer flows logically and is easy to follow. • C/B- Level: Correct explanation and application of the concepts. • C-/D/F Level: Responses are partly or wholly missing or contain obvious mistakes You know you can improve your exam answer if: • You would have answered the questions in the same way before taking the course (i.e., no application of course concepts) • You do not provide a clear justification...
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...Is intelligence associated with health and longevity and if so, why? Discuss with reference to relevant empirical studies. Associations between measures of socioeconomic status (SES), health and survival rates have been firmly established by social epidemiologists. Nevertheless, in spite of improving western living conditions and wide access to health services and information, social inequalities in health and mortality still prevail. In some instances, wide accessibility to health care appears only to deepen socioeconomic divisions of health and mortality rates (Gottfredson, 2004). Why this should be the case has led researchers to seek out further predictors of morbidity and mortality across the social spectrum. From these efforts a new field of study, cognitive epidemiology (Deary & Der 2005) is seeking to establish general intelligence scores as risk factors for mortality and certain health outcomes. This is a comparatively new field of research, and findings with regard to the extent and exact causal mechanisms of an association between intelligence, health and longevity remain far from conclusive. For instance, some researchers claim that intelligence is the ‘elusive fundamental cause’ of health inequalities (Gottfredson, 2004); whilst others negate the impact of intelligence once SES factors and education are controlled for (Singh-Manoux & Kivimaki, 2009; Hauser & Palloni, 2008). Intelligence tests are long established as valid predictors of occupational...
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...leaders is that many theories and models have been based on Western perspectives (House and Aditya, 1997, p.409) and typically based on research with white males (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, CIPD, 2008, p.7). There is some cultural crossover in servant leadership, which according to Northouse (2013, p.219), was originally proposed by Greenleaf in the 1970s, and also has origins in ancient Eastern and Western philosophies; for example, it is deeply embedded in Arab-Islamic culture (Sarayrah, 2004, p.59). A further concern is raised by Mullins (2008, p.265) who states that determining who is a ‘good leader’ is a subjective judgement and cannot be based, for example, on financial performance alone. The aim of the following essay is to investigate whether certain characteristics are related to good leadership and which can be identified in theories and models of leadership such as trait theory, transformational and...
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